Pocket latch



Nov. 24, 1925 .l

H. CHERNOFF POCKET LATCH Filed Jan, 19, 1925 GHG Ml ,w

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ATTORNEY WITNESS Patented Nov. 2d, 1925.

unire stares HYMAN CHERNOFF,

OF NEVI YRK, N. Y.

POCKET LATCH.

Application lcd January To NZZ cfr/fom t 97mg/ concern.'

Be it known that l, HYMAN CHERNOFF, a citizen of United States1 residingat New York city, in the count-y of New York and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Pocket Latches, of which thefollowing is a specication.

This invention relates to improvements in pocket latches and has for itsprimary object, the provision of a latch composed of a pair of co-actingparts adapted to be respectively attached to opposite walls ofa safetypocket in such manner as to be concealed from view.

Another object of the invention resides in a pocket latch for attachmentto safety pockets used for the keeping of money and other valuables andwhich cannot be tampered with by unauthorized persons without detectionon the part of the wearer of the garment, as the latch cannot easily beac tuated by one unfamiliar with its construction and operation.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in certainnovel construction and combination and arrangement of partsn theessential features of which are hereinafter fully described, areparticularly V pointed out in the appended claim, and are illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of asafety pocket showing my improved latch in position thereon.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the pocket in an opene'd positionto illustrate the relative position of the co-acting parts.

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on the line 3 3 ofFigure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal sectional view through thelatch per se.

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional view through the latch.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the reference numeral 10designates a portion of a garment such as a coat or trousers and whichis formed with a pocket 1l of the usual welleknown construction andwhich is preferably the pocket formed in the inside of a mans coat.Arranged to the rear of the pocket 11 is a second pocket 12 which Ishall term as a safety pocket, the mouth 13 of which is disposed abovethe mouth 14 of the pocket 11 although access to the pocket 12 is hadthrough the mouth 14 of the pocket 11. The mouth 13 is sealed 19, 1925.Serial No. 3,1169.

against entrance by an unauthorized person by my improved means 15arranged between the mouths of the respective pockets.

A flap 16 seals the mouth 13 of the pocket 60 12 and has secured to the-inside'thereof by a stitching or the like, a flat elongated plate 17which constitutes the male member of the latching means 15. Mountedwithin the body of the plate for sliding movement is a latching bar 18formed with a manipulating knob 19 at one end thereof and which projectsfrom one end of the plate. VLatching lingers 20 are formed on the barand extend through slots in the face of the plate for coaction with asecond plate 22 stitched or otherwise secured to the outer wall of theinner pocket 12. A spring 21 tends to nor- .mally hold the bar in aretracted position within a plate with the fingers 20 at one 75 end ofthe slots. The plate 22 is identical in shape to the plate 17 and servesas a female member of the latching mea-ns, as the same is formed withslots of the recesses 23 for receiving the respective fingers 20 80 ofthe latching bar, said fingers Iengaging the ends of the slots when in alatched position.

When the pocket 12 is latched against entrance the plates 17 and 22 arein co-acting position with the fingers 2() in engagement with the end ofthe recesses in the plate 22 and are held in such position by the spring21. The iap 16 conceals th'c said plates as will be clearly seen inFigures 1V and 3 of 90 the drawing. When access to the pocket 12 isdesired, the hand is inserted in the mouth 141 and the manipulating knob19 is grasped and pulled against the tension of the spring 21 todisengage the fingers from the plate 22 thereby permitting the walls ofthe mouth 13 to be separated. The mouth 13 is easily sealed by bringingthe plates into co-acting engagement with the fingers disposed withinthe recesses 23 and in engagement with the ends of the same.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that I have provided apocket latch which is entirely concealed from view and which may beconveniently operated when 'desired by the wearer of a garment to whichthe same is applied, but any attempt by one unfamiliar with itsoperation may be easily detected.

What is claimed as new is A pocket latch comprising a pair of separablemembers adapted to be respectively having spaced` slats therein `forreevn

